Kon Kon! Fubuki livery!

70-0981 was the first King Ranger to enter Starcrest United Air Corps service on January 12, 2026 when it was delivered to the 70th Air Superiority Squadron "Kitsune Echo" stationed at Atlantis AFB, Athens, Greece. This began the transition of the first squadron from SCF-78 Silent Rangers to SCF-98 King Rangers. The full transition took two weeks to convert the entire squadron. 70-0981 was piloted by Miguel "Sukonbu" Santos who chose to paint the livery since he was a fan of Hololive, as well as in honor of his squadron's fox theme.

On Feburary 2, 2026, during a routine patrol over Kazakhstan during the Second Steppe War, he would encounter a BD-63 Stribog, one of few operational 6th generation fighters in the world. The aircraft, piloted by Berkustani ace pilot Ayrton Vladislav, engaged him in a two circle dogfight, where the BD-63 seemed to have an advantage in close quarters combat. Santos was forced to reverse his lead, forcing the faster and more agile BD-63 to overshoot. Santos then fired his laser cannon at the aircraft, and the Stribog was shot down over Kazakhstan. This was marked as the world's first dogfight and first engagement between two 6th generation fighters.

Who is Shirakami Fubuki?

Shirakami Fubuki (白上フブキ) is a female Japanese Virtual Youtuber associated with hololive, debuting as part of its first generation of VTubers alongside Yozora Mel, Aki Rosenthal, Natsuiro Matsuri and Akai Haato. She is also part of a unit inside hololive called hololive Gamers (ホロライブゲーマーズ) alongside Ookami Mio, Nekomata Okayu and Inugami Korone.

Fubuki is usually always cheerful and excited, singing little songs and making many in-jokes. She is shy when confronted with new circumstances, and when embarrassed she "hides" at the bottom of the screen with only her fox ears peeking up. She becomes enthralled in games and has cute conversations with scripted game characters, or voice acts as characters while making effects.

However, she has a cunning, ruthless and twisted side to her, shown most often when playing "Project Winter" with other VTubers. She has described herself as a 'hunter' and has displayed both extreme skill, to the point of nearly winning a 1 v 4 battle all on her own, as well as a methodical thought process.

King Ranger (standard livery) here.